Does anyone know

[rsdemt]

Does anyone know how much blood a 150 pound man can loose before they suffer stmptoms? Dizziness, weak etc?
No longer being an EMT, I thought there was a way to figure out (an equation) to figure this out. But I can not remember.

 

[uscgk9]

Well that would have to depend on several factors.

The human body has approx 70ml of blood for every kg of patient.

150 lb.....68kg......4,760ml.


A previously healthy individual should start to show signs of hypovolemic shock after loosing approx 20% of its total blood volume.

4,760ml........20%........952ml.........a little less than a 1000ml bag of fluid.


hope that helps.